The Conference on " Open problems in Algebraic Geometry " was
held in Ravello ( Salerno ) during the week : May 31 st- June 5 th ,
1982 . This volume contains most of the lectures and talks given during
the Conference as well as papers grown up from discussions among
participants The only exception is paper n ° 15 , which however fits
very well with the theme of the Conference . We are extremely grateful
to all participants and in particular to all contributors of this volume
. We also thank :
- the " Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche " , the University of Napies
, the " Banco di Napoli " , for their financial support ;
- the " Ente Provinciale per il Turismo di Salerno " for having allowed
the use of the wonderful " Villa Rufolo " , where the Conference
took place .
We finally thank all those persons who helped either in the organization
or in the developement of the Conference .